Still to this day, people doubt President Obama's Wall Street Policies. Our President has done the best he could and continues to impress me with this latest achievement. If the dow was around 4,000, as it was at the end of Bush's term, the blame would fall on President Obama. Now that the Dow has closed above 13,000, the President will get not credit. When the Dow was around 4,000, I bought every stock I saw and I strongly suggested that my friends do as well. My exact words were, "think of the stock market as a sale but only everything is on sale at about 75% and buy everything possible and just hold them for awhile." If they listened, they should be making a good little profit right about now. The people that critized President Obama for bailing out the car industry....... where's the praise that the President deserves for stabilizing these companies and getting them back on their feet to the point to where they're now making a profit? Yeah, I thought so too.

Still to this day, people doubt President Obama’s Wall Street Policies. Our President has done the best he could and continues to impress me with this latest achievement. If the dow was around 4,000, as it was at the end of Bush’s term, the blame would fall on President Obama. Now that the Dow has closed above 13,000, the President will get not credit. When the Dow was around 4,000, I bought every stock I saw and I strongly suggested that my friends do as well. My exact words were, “think of the stock market as a sale but only everything is on sale at about 75% and buy everything possible and just hold them for awhile.” If they listened, they should be making a good little profit right about now. The people that critized President Obama for bailing out the car industry……. where’s the praise that the President deserves for stabilizing these companies and getting them back on their feet to the point to where they’re now making a profit? Yeah, I thought so too.

]]>https://lovemy2sons.wordpress.com/2012/02/28/dow-closes-above-13000/feed/0etunleyState of the Unionhttps://lovemy2sons.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/state-of-the-union/
https://lovemy2sons.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/state-of-the-union/#respondWed, 25 Jan 2012 12:54:21 +0000http://lovemy2sons.wordpress.com/?p=68]]>Overall, the state of the union was good. There were things that I agreed with and things that I didn’t. I wasn’t looking at President Obama’s speech as a Republican or Democrat perspective but rather an American perspective. The speaker of the house, Boehner reminds me of a school aged boy that throws a fit when he doesn’t get his way. The president has done a lot of great things for America. But no matter how well things are going, he’ll never get a fair shake at being the President from Republicans that can’t see pass the fact that he’s a Democrat among other blinding factors.]]>https://lovemy2sons.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/state-of-the-union/feed/0etunleyMy Heart goes out to the Kidshttps://lovemy2sons.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/my-heart-goes-out-to-the-kids/
https://lovemy2sons.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/my-heart-goes-out-to-the-kids/#respondThu, 05 Jan 2012 19:01:02 +0000http://lovemy2sons.wordpress.com/?p=65]]>I work in a cancer hospital. On my way to lunch today, I saw a mother pushing her son in a wheel chair. His head slumped down and you could see this this guy had been through so much at such a young age. He couldn’t have been older than 10 years old. Why do kids have to go through these “grown up” sort of things when they’re too young to have done any harm to anyone in the world. My heart goes out to this kid that I’ll never meet and to all the other kids out there battling for their lives. I have two youngs sons of my own and I couldn’t imagine the pain the kids and the parents are going through to fight for their young lives. I’ll pray for this young boy from the deepest corner of my heart that he beats his sickness and has a full recovery along with a long and healthy life.]]>https://lovemy2sons.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/my-heart-goes-out-to-the-kids/feed/0etunleyThe Spirit of Christmashttps://lovemy2sons.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/the-spirit-of-christmas/
https://lovemy2sons.wordpress.com/2011/12/20/the-spirit-of-christmas/#commentsTue, 20 Dec 2011 00:58:04 +0000http://lovemy2sons.wordpress.com/?p=12]]>TWO BABES IN A MANGER

In 1994, two Americans answered an invitation from the Russian Department of
Education to teach morals and ethics (based on biblical principles) in the
public schools. They were invited to teach at prisons, businesses, the fire
and police departments and a large orphanage. About 100 boys and girls who
had been abandoned, abused, and left in the care of a government-run program
were in the orphanage. They relate the following story in their own words:

It was nearing the holiday season, 1994, time for our orphans to hear, for
the first time, the traditional story of Christmas. We told them about Mary
and Joseph arriving in Bethlehem. Finding no room in the inn, the couple
went to a stable, where the baby Jesus was born and placed in a manger.

Throughout the story, the children and orphanage staff sat in amazement as
they listened. Some sat on the edges of their stools, trying to grasp every
word. Completing the story, we gave the children three small pieces of
cardboard to make a crude manger. Each child was given a small paper square,
cut from yellow napkins I had brought with me. No colored paper was
available in the city.

Following instructions, the children tore the paper and carefully laid
strips in the manger for straw. Small squares of flannel, cut from a
worn-out nightgown an American lady was throwing away as she left Russia,
were used for the baby’s blanket. A doll-like baby was cut from tan felt we
had brought from the United States.

The orphans were busy assembling their manger as I walked among them to see
if they needed any help. All went well until I got to one table where little
Misha sat. He looked to be about 6 years old and had finished his project.
As I looked at the little boy’s manger, I was startled to see not one, but
two babies in the manger. Quickly, I called for the translator to ask the
lad why there were two babies in the manger. Crossing his arms in front of
him and looking at this completed manger scene, the child began to repeat
the story very seriously.

For such a young boy, who had only heard the Christmas story once, he
related the happenings accurately…until he came to the part where Mary put
the baby Jesus in the manger. Then Misha started to ad-lib. He made up his
own ending to the story as he said, “And when Maria laid the baby in the
manger, Jesus looked at me and asked me if I had a place to stay. I told him
I have no mamma and I have no papa, so I don’t have any place to stay. Then
Jesus told me I could stay with him. But I told him I couldn’t, because I
didn’t have a gift to give him like everybody else did. But I wanted to stay
with Jesus so much, so I thought about what I had that maybe I could use for
a gift. I thought maybe if I kept him warm, that would be a good gift.

So I asked Jesus, “If I keep you warm, will that be a good enough gift?”

And Jesus told me, “If you keep me warm, that will be the best gift anybody
ever gave me.”

“So I got into the manger, and then Jesus looked at me and he told me I
could stay with him…for always.”

As little Misha finished his story, his eyes brimmed full of tears that
splashed down his little cheeks. Putting his hand over his face, his head
dropped to the table and his shoulders shook as he sobbed and sobbed.

The little orphan had found someone who would never abandon nor abuse him,
someone who would stay with him…FOR ALWAYS.

I’ve learned that it’s not what you have in your life, but who you have in
your life that counts.